2024 vs 2015

 well ... things are certainly different now!

above is a to do list from 2015 with about 20 client names on it !

click that one to see some images from the list ..

and below is this week so far ...

my 'last project' left for long island a couple of weeks ago, 

our completely competent nephew  Kristian 

will be handling the new furniture projects that come in,

and i am now back in 'semi retirement ' mode.  i'll still do some small

repairs and projects for friends and family.  i tried this back in 2018 

when i turned 71, but it was (obviously if you scroll through my blog 

posts since then), too soon to do that ...

as recently as november of 23 it was still pretty busy here !
 

 i have a lot to do still ... clean up some stuff in the shop,

organize and inventory the 'left over wood'

for Kristian, peruse and edit two cellars, two attics

and a garage for stuff to get rid of ... 

and, i will definitely need to reread 

an article by anne patchett about 'stuff' ...

over and out for now !!

another torah cabinet

ok ... out the door a couple of weeks ago ...

another challenging project for sure!

we made one of these for a Holocaust Torah for

a synagogue in Bennington Vermont in 2017

being that we could not visit the site on long island, the design

required much back and forth confirming concepts and measurements ...

 this is the second cabinet for a holocaust Torah that we have made .

and, we are now in the process of adding a bookcase to be installed

under the cabinet above ...

click the photos to enlarge them ...
 

Torah dimension check

here's Kristian with the mdf mockup we made showing the theoretical finished cabinet

we got an eps file with the lettering from a designer there,

and kristian cut it on the cnc and painted it

the cabinet, ready to go, with the hanging instructions ..

the eagle has landed!

hung and ready for the Torah !

the great neck cabinet and the 

Bennington cabinet below 

the bennington cabinet

we are honored to help with the preservation and display of these historic pieces ...

 

soon after the cabinet arrived, we were asked

to design a bookcase cabinet to go underneath it ..

fast forward to 6.24 ...

homestretch on the bookcase

we offered two options for the bookcase ... 

the clients selected the longer option.

we had a few questions ... or actually, a lot of questions ...

and then there was the outlet for the lights ...

although i had the theoretical location for the outlet, 

we all decided that it would be best to cut the box in on site ... 

it would have been a project to fix it

if i got it in the wrong place ...

above is the base with the levelers we needed in place.

the cabinet, ready to go, and out the door on Monday... 

it arrived in Great Neck on the 3rd of july

and will be installed sometime soon ... 

i admit to being a little anxious about it as the floor is not level,

the wall is not perfectly plumb, there's the outlet,

and the list of instructions i sent were all COMPLETELY theoretical.

i have faith in Major Tom, who sent me measurements and

agreed to cut the outlet in on site ...

i cross my fingers and await some installation photos ... 

7/11 ...

well, as the auctioneers say "all in, all done!"

i am so happy that the installation went well .. 

thank you Major Tom! and everyone else who was involved in this project ..

as they say, 'couldn't have done it without ya!'

tonight i will probably not wake up at 4 AM and wonder if 

everything is going to fit!